CVE-2024-13759
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedLocal Privilege Escalation in Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe in Avira Prime 1.1.96.2 on Windows 10 x64 allows local attackers to gain system-level privileges via arbitrary file deletion
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe vulnerability exists in Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe, a Windows service component of Avira Prime 1.1.96.2. A local attacker with limited Windows user privileges can exploit an arbitrary file deletion flaw in this service to escalate to system-level privileges, likely by deleting critical files or exploiting file handling to manipulate service execution context.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Avira Prime installationCheck for Avira Prime by looking for the service 'Avira Spotlight Service' in Windows Services (services.msc), or check the installation directory typically at C:\Program Files\Avira\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Affected if Avira Prime is installed and the Avira.Spotlight.Service service exists in Windows Services
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Check Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe versionLocate the file Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe (commonly in C:\Program Files\Avira\Spotlight\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\Spotlight\) and right-click to view Properties, then check the Details tab for Product Version, or run: Get-Item 'C:\Program Files\Avira\Spotlight\Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe' | Select-Object VersionInfoAffected if The product version is 1.1.96.2 or any version lower than the patched version
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Confirm the Avira Spotlight Service is presentOpen Services (services.msc) and locate 'Avira Spotlight Service', or run: Get-Service -Name 'Avira Spotlight Service' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueAffected if The service named 'Avira Spotlight Service' exists and is registered on the system
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Verify file permissions on the service binaryRight-click Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe, go to Properties > Security tab, or run: icacls 'C:\Program Files\Avira\Spotlight\Avira.Spotlight.Service.exe' to list all user/group permissionsAffected if Non-admin users have Write or Full Control permissions on the service executable, enabling potential file manipulation
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Check service binary location and integrityVerify the service executable exists at the expected path and has not been tampered with by comparing its hash, or check if the file is in a user-writable directoryAffected if The service binary is missing from its expected installation directory or resides in a location with weak access controls
A user is affected if Avira Prime with Avira.Spotlight.Service version 1.1.96.2 or lower is installed and the service is present on the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patch or upgrade Avira Prime to a version that addresses CVE-2024-13759; until then, limit local user access and monitor the service binary for unauthorized modification or suspicious file operations.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-13759 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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